NFB Collection
The Wanderer
198811 min 18 secFilm: Animation
Direction: George Ungar
Production: Eunice MacaulayIshu PatelGeorge UngarDouglas MacDonald
Told without words, this surrealistic animation tale of supernatural power, temptation, greed and violence is adapted from Michel Tremblay's short story The Devil and the Mushroom. The plot involves a shrewd and sinister stranger who, through his knowledge of individuals' weaknesses, transforms a quiet, idyllic village into the scene of a phantasmagoric nightmare. One of a number of animated films drawn from well-known short stories. Film without words.
Availability
Other versions
Subject categories
- Literature and Language > Adaptations of Literary WorksAnimation based on LiteratureLegends, Myths, and Tales
- Literature and Language - Canada > Adaptations of Literary WorksQuebec Literature
- Religion, Beliefs and Ethics > Right and Wrong
Credits
- director
- George Ungar
- animation
- George Ungar
- producer
- Eunice Macaulay
- Ishu Patel
- George Ungar
- executive producer
- Douglas MacDonald
- sound
- Normand Roger
- music
- Normand Roger
- editing
- David Fine
Awards
- Jury Award - Category: Short FilmsMontreal World Film Festival
- Mention for the Quality of the Short Story AdaptationCarrousel international du film
- Honorable Mention - Category: 10 to 40 minutes Films Category CInternational Animated Film Festival / CINANIMA